1PPP-WATCH(8) System Manager's Manual PPP-WATCH(8)
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6 ppp-watch - daemon to make PPP interfaces act more like other inter‐
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10 ppp-watch interface-name [boot]
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13 ppp-watch manages one PPP connection, including starting, stopping, and
14 redialing. It makes starting and stopping the connection synchronous
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17 ppp-watch is not really meant to be called directly. It should only be
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24 boot ppp-watch is being called at boot time and should time out after
25 a while if the PPP connection does not come up in order not to
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